The unkind word, but also the kind word not spoken; the work badly done, but also the work not picked up; the actions we approved and carried out but also the actions we didn’t approve but which were carried out for us by the institutions in which we live – our families, churches, schools, towns, and nations. All these, those we have done and those we have leftundone, rip the fabric of our lives. In order to begin to repair the fabric, we must firstacknowledge the tear. So where are the tears in your life and in your communities? To read the whole sermon, click here: